delgato

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[–] delgato@sh.itjust.works 1 points 2 days ago

Yea I get that, and explaining its usefulness will fall on deaf GOP ears, but for the record It’s not even hazardous waste…it’s the urban soils that tend to have a lot of organic carbon content from all the living shit and garbage used as backfill especially in east coast cities. Standard protocols for direct soil sampling don’t consider carbon as much as they should and also remote methods (like GPR) don’t measure total organic carbon. Not high stakes research but important to get a full picture of the soils on a building site.

[–] delgato@sh.itjust.works 4 points 2 days ago

She hasn’t been layed off yet but, yea, only a matter of time…

[–] delgato@sh.itjust.works 54 points 3 days ago (8 children)

One of my close friends got her doctorate last year and recently hired as a scientist at EPA. She is improving methods of surveying urban soils using remote methods like ground penetrating radar, this helps to inform landowners/potential developers the true conditions of the soil they are building on. A shame the government doesn’t think that’s important anymore.

[–] delgato@sh.itjust.works 4 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago) (3 children)

It is actually incredible how even the most bipartisan bills are getting axed, like the CHIP act. I always knew he loathed Obama-Biden so much he would cancel any and everything they did but, man, it’s just sad to see he doesn’t have an ounce of decency.

[–] delgato@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 week ago

Thanks! Joined.

[–] delgato@sh.itjust.works 0 points 2 weeks ago

Thanks for this advice! Other comments are helpful for long term movement building but I want to know what can be effective immediately. I am looking at buying a printer because I don’t have an easy way to print any material.

 

I’m making plans to protest daily outside my representative’s local office. Rather than appear like a crazy person, which is often the case in NYC, I want to start some political awakening in my neighborhood. I live in a Republican district of the city and my neighborhood is ripe to learn how the GOP is raping this country, removing benefits that many low income people rely on, increasing our taxes, and becoming a Fascist state.

So, does the Lemmy community have any advice? What material should I distribute? Should I read the Constitution ad nauseam?

To the Americans here, I love each and everyone of you and we all deserve a safe and prosperous nation.

To my brothers and sisters worldwide, thank you for reading and for your solidarity.

[–] delgato@sh.itjust.works 7 points 3 months ago

Also don’t live anywhere requiring a bridge crossing or an island. That said I live on Long Island within eyeshot of Statue of Liberty. I’ve accepted my fate